Qing · Official and Bureau Director

Wen Kang 文康

Attested AD 1835 - AD 1850

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wen Kang was an official and Bureau Director.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1835 to AD 1850 道光間
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 505, passages 210, 214

Career and standing

Bureau Director 郎中
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 214

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 214

Events and relationships

Oversaw manufacture
Technical · Supervisor · At Tianjin 天津 · With Ding Shoucun (丁守存), Xu Youren (徐有壬)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 214

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 505Volume 505 Biographies 292: Yi Shu Si · 1 passage

大學士卓秉恬薦之，命繕進圖說，偕郎中文康、徐有壬赴天津，監造地雷、火機等器，試之皆驗。 Grand Secretary Zhuo Bingtian recommended him to the throne. He was ordered to prepare illustrated specifications and, together with the bureau directors Wen Kang and Xu Youren, went to Tianjin to oversee the production of land mines, ignition devices, and other weapons—all of which passed trial.